throw-stickn.

Brit.

/ˈθrəʊstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈθroʊˌstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throw v.¹, stick n.¹

Etymology: < throw v.¹ + stick n.¹ Compare earlier throwing-stick n.

1. A heavy, usually curved, piece of wood used as a missile; an ancient kind of boomerang. Cf. throwing-stick n. 2.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > boomerang

rabbit stick1788

boomerang1827

Collery-stick1830

throw-stick1837

kylie1839

comeback1864

trombash1867

throwing-stick1901

1837 J. G. Wilkinson Manners & Customs Anc. Egyptians III. viii. 38 The use of the throw-stick was very general.

1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians 80 Birds were felled with the throwstick, a weapon of hard wood,..slightly curved..like the boomarang.

c1875 H. B. Tristram in Queen's Printers' Bible-Aids 57 In 1 Sam. xxvi. 20 allusion is made to chasing partridges on the hills with throw-sticks.

1939 Z. N. Hurston Moses vi. 57 They took a number of throw-sticks and set out.

2014 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111 14473/1 The [Ancient Egyptian] reliefs depict human hunters stalking and capturing..an ostrich with bows, spears, throwsticks, and lariat.

2. A short wooden implement used to propel a dart or spear; = throwing-stick n. 1, woomera n. Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing > hurled with throwing-stick > spear-throwing stick

throwing-stick1770

woomera1817

spear-thrower1827

throwing board1832

woomerang1849

throw-stick1869

atlatl1871

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vi. 84 When the dart is discharged, the wummera, or throw-stick,..remains in the warrior's hand.

1886 J. G. Wood Man & his Handiwork xv. 223 Although they certainly are arrows, and are shot from a bow instead of being flung by the hand or by the aid of a throw-stick, they are essentially harpoons.

1904 E. Tregear Maori Race xv. 314 For throwing spears to a distance the ‘throw-stick’ (kotaha or kopere) was a piece of wood from two to three feet in length... A spear could be thrown quite 200 yards by means of this device.

1940 R. S. Stites Arts & Man ii. 47 (caption) Magdalenian atlatl, or throwstick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	throw-stick
释义	throw-stickn. Brit. /ˈθrəʊstɪk/, U.S. /ˈθroʊˌstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throw v.¹, stick n.¹ Etymology: < throw v.¹ + stick n.¹ Compare earlier throwing-stick n. 1. A heavy, usually curved, piece of wood used as a missile; an ancient kind of boomerang. Cf. throwing-stick n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > boomerang rabbit stick1788 boomerang1827 Collery-stick1830 throw-stick1837 kylie1839 comeback1864 trombash1867 throwing-stick1901 1837 J. G. Wilkinson Manners & Customs Anc. Egyptians III. viii. 38 The use of the throw-stick was very general. 1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians 80 Birds were felled with the throwstick, a weapon of hard wood,..slightly curved..like the boomarang. c1875 H. B. Tristram in Queen's Printers' Bible-Aids 57 In 1 Sam. xxvi. 20 allusion is made to chasing partridges on the hills with throw-sticks. 1939 Z. N. Hurston Moses vi. 57 They took a number of throw-sticks and set out. 2014 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111 14473/1 The [Ancient Egyptian] reliefs depict human hunters stalking and capturing..an ostrich with bows, spears, throwsticks, and lariat. 2. A short wooden implement used to propel a dart or spear; = throwing-stick n. 1, woomera n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing > hurled with throwing-stick > spear-throwing stick throwing-stick1770 woomera1817 spear-thrower1827 throwing board1832 woomerang1849 throw-stick1869 atlatl1871 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vi. 84 When the dart is discharged, the wummera, or throw-stick,..remains in the warrior's hand. 1886 J. G. Wood Man & his Handiwork xv. 223 Although they certainly are arrows, and are shot from a bow instead of being flung by the hand or by the aid of a throw-stick, they are essentially harpoons. 1904 E. Tregear Maori Race xv. 314 For throwing spears to a distance the ‘throw-stick’ (kotaha or kopere) was a piece of wood from two to three feet in length... A spear could be thrown quite 200 yards by means of this device. 1940 R. S. Stites Arts & Man ii. 47 (caption) Magdalenian atlatl, or throwstick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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